BIOGRAPHY
www.HelloPhiladelphia.com/Art/MariaLourdes.cfm
www.mcgopa.org
www.artsisters.org
www.madamtyme@tymegallery.com
Education:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, C.F.A. Phila., Pa. 1997-2004
Private Studies with Wade Schuman, 1995 - 1997
Private Studies with Audrey Fox, 1994
Yoga Certification
Paralegal Certification (15 years)
Administrative work in the legal field (12 years)
Fine Arts People Gallery since 2006
Tyme Gallery since 2006
Gallery Director, MCGOPA, (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists) since January 2008
Exhibitions:
Highwire Gallery 2004
1315 Artists 2004
Rohm & Haas 2004
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Student Shows 2000-2004
Main Line Art Center 2003, 2004
American College 2006
Philadelphia Sketch Club - Juried Show 2006
143rd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
Jurors: Patrick Connors, Kathleen Scott Gallagher,
Burton Wasserman
Philadelphia TriState Artists Equity 2006
Upstairs Gallery, Manayunk, Pa. 2006
Louis R. Redding Building, Wilmington Delaware 2006
SPP Galleries - McGOPA 2006
Fine Arts People Gallery 2006
Penn Wynne Libarary 2006
McGOPA - Juried - January 25 - February 25, 2007
Louis R. Redding Building, Wilmington, Delaware - "Women to the Twentieth Power" - Juried- 2007
McGOPA - Juried - April 26 - May 30, 2007
MCGOPA - Juried - January 18- February 2, 2008
Juried - April 18 - May 31, 2008
Philadelphia Sketch Club - Juried - January 11 - January 26, 2008
Works on Paper- Juror: R.B. Strauss
Old City Jewish Art Center - March 7 - March 27, 2008
Enclaves Gallery - March 3 - April 30, 2008
Awards:
Rohm & Haas Fine Arts Achievement Award and Purchase Prize 2003
Charles Crawley Landscape Painting Purchase Prize 2003
Samuel David Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing - Second Year- 2003
McGOPA "The World of the Professional Artist" Juror: Patty Castner
McGOPA "Mixed Media/Collage Juried Exhibition" Juror: Anthony Visco
MCGOPA "Through The Eyes of An Artist" Juror: Patrick Connors
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
As an artist, I can't say that I have any singular influence, since I have learned from everyone I have encountered. I blend the old and new in whatever ways present themselves to me; creativity itself will be my guide. As a rule, I don't exclude anything. Spirituality is an important component of my work. For me, spiritual content can pose a question without offering an answer, since the answer is always personal and maybe different for each of us. I want my work to reflect beauty, whatever the content.
I see myself and my art in a constant state of developing. My truth is in the becoming, not in the knowing. As an artist and as a human being, I never expect to arrive at a point where I know everything I need to know -- not about art, not about life, not about spirit -- I honor the becoming, the journey.
